CNN Poll: Founders Would Be “Disappointed” With Nation Today

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How would the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin feel about the way the United States has turned out 232 years after declaring its independence?
Most Americans say they’re proud to be citizens, but most also think the Founding Fathers wouldn’t be pleased.

Most Americans say they’re proud to be citizens, but most also think the Founding Fathers wouldn’t be pleased.

Not pleased, a majority of Americans recently polled said.

According to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, 69 percent of adult Americans who responded to a poll June 26-29 said the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be disappointed by the way the nation has turned out overall.

Twenty-nine percent responded “pleased,” the only other choice given to the 1,026 respondents of the telephone poll.

Americans “didn’t always feel that way,” according to Keating Holland, CNN polling director. “In 2001, 54 percent thought that the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be pleased with the state of the country today.”